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STZ OcuTox

OcuTox is a transfer enterprise within the Steinbeis foundation which is the umbrella organization of the Steinbeis Transfer Network. The non-profit foundation and its subsidiary the Steinbeis GmbH & Co. KG für Technologietransfer, responsible for all commercial activities involved in knowledge and technology transfer, are headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Steinbeis has developed into an international network spanning roughly 1,100 transfer enterprises. This network encompasses 6,000 experts, each contributing to our network with their specialist knowledge and working on individual challenges in interdisciplinary teams to genuinely add value and thus facilitate the success of Steinbeis.Technology transfer with Steinbeis offers a link between potent knowledge and successful application.

OUR EXPERIENCE

Preclinical development - 25 years

A WORD FROM THE COMPANY DIRECTOR

OcuTox is a legal company, located within the Centre for Opthalmology of the University of Tuebingen (Germany) and is closely associated with the clinical and non-clinical experts of the Department. Preclinical and clinical studies can be performed at the same site. OcuTox is integrated into the Centre of Ophthalmology and has access to the research facilities of the University of Tuebingen and the NMI Reutlingen. Therefore nearly all analytical techniques and their experts are available for ocular studies that may also be conducted under GLP. The founder of OcuTox Prof. Ulrich Schraermeyer is also head of the Division for Experimental Vitreoretinal Surgery www.eye-tuebingen.de/schraermeyerlab/ has performed preclinical ocular studies for 25 years. Several of these have been transferred into clinical trials. Ocutox has performed pioneering preclinical studies since 2005 particularly in the field of anti-VEGF drugs and interaction of drugs with retinal pigment epithelial cells.

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schraermeyer

Head of the Division of Experimental Vitroretinal Surgery/ PhD from the University of Düsseldorf / Director of STZ OcuTox.

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years of eye research

WHY CHOOSE US

APPLICATION

We always think about human application when we are doing experiments with animals

EXPERIENCE

We have great experience with drugs and other factors which worsen or rescue the function of eyes

HISTOLOGICAL CHANGES

We also have large experience with drugs and other factors that cause histological changes in eye tissues without affecting its function

METHODS

We know the different ways of thinking of clinicians, patients, scientists, regulatory board members, investors and pharmaceutical industrial partners and keep that in mind during a drug development process